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Peter Rees

Peter Rees

Peter Rees is a journalist and award-winning author. He was a reporter in the Canberra press gallery in 1975.

New details have come to light about US influence on Joh Bjelke-Petersen’s role in the fall of Gough Whitlam

‘She heard an extraordinary plot against the government’: The call that would haunt Winsome Nash

For 50 years, a family kept a secret about events leading up to a cataclysmic moment in Australian politics. Now they are going public.

  • Peter Rees

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Juanita Nielsen disappeared in 1975.

Juanita Nielsen: Sydney’s most enduring mystery

One day, she was there. The next day, she was gone. The Herald investigates the plot to silence the outspoken activist and the efforts to solve the crime.

Abe Saffron dropped a bomb during secret testimony in Canberra.

Who killed Sydney heiress Juanita Nielsen? ‘Mr Sin’ points finger from the grave

For the first time in 33 years, Saffron’s evidence before an in-camera parliamentary inquiry can be revealed.

  • Peter Rees and Neil Mercer
Juanita Nielsen left locks of hair with her wigmaker.

Lost (almost) without a trace: A murder mystery 50 years in the making

In the custody of the Unsolved Homicide Team is a precious link back to a missing heiress.

  • Peter Rees and Neil Mercer
The disappearance of Juanita Nielsen is one of Sydney’s enduring mysteries.

New details of failed police sting linked to Sydney’s most notorious cold case

Eddie Trigg was the last man to see Juanita Nielsen alive. Police suspected he held the key to solving her disappearance.

  • Peter Rees and Neil Mercer